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Know all Men by these Presents:

That we Sophia Turner, widow of Lewis Turner
deceased, of the Town of Scriba, County of Oswego & State of New
York as principal, and Russell Turner of the same place
and Archibald D. McIntyre of the City of Oswego County and State
of New York as sureties are held and firmly bound, unto the people
of the State of New York, in the sum of Five Hundred dollars, lawful money
of the United States of America, to be paid to the said people: To
which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our and each
of our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly
by these presents.

Sealed with our Seals.

Dated the
sixth day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety. THE
CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, That if the above bounden Sophia
Turner administratix of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits
of Lewis Turner, late of the Town of Scriba in the County of Oswego,
New York, deceased, shall faithfully discharge the trust reposed in h(blank)
as such, and obey all lawful decrees and orders of the Surrogate’s Court
of the County of Oswego, New York, touching the administration of the estate
of said deceased committed to her, then this obligation to be void, otherwise
to remain in full force and virtue.

In Presence of
herSophie
X Turner
markRussel(sic)TurnerA.
D. McIntyre

STATE OF NEW YORK } OSWEGO COUNTY, } ss

On this
sixth day of November, 1890, before me the subscriber personally appeared
Sophia Turner, Russell Turner and Archibald D. McIntyre.
who acknowledged that they executed the foregoing bond, and I certify that
I know the persons who made the said acknowledgements to be the individual
described in and who executed the said instrument.

Henry
A. Jones

Justice
of the Peace

OATH OF ADMINISTRATOR,

STATE OF NEW YORK, } OSWEGO county, } ss.

I,Sophia Turner do swear, that I am twenty-one years
of age and upwards, and that I will well, honestly and faithfully discharge
the duties of Administrix of the estate of Lewis Turnerlate of the Town of Scriba, in the County of Oswego, New York, deceased,
intestate, according to law, and hereby consent to serve.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th
}day of November A.D., 1890
}

herSophia
X Turner
mark

Henry A Jones Justice of the Peace

OSWEGO COUNTY SURROGATE’S COURT.

In the matter of the administration of the Estate
of Lewis Turner, Deceased __r Letters of Administration.Read and filed Nov 6th, 1890. (Signed)
F. N. Burleigh,

INVENTORY
OF LEWIS TURNER ESTATE, Scriba, N.Y.

A true and correct inventory of all the goods,
chattels and credits which were of Lewis Turner, late of the Town
of Scriba in the County of Oswego and State of New York, deceased, made
by:

Sophie Turner sole administratrix of the
goods chattels and effects of the said deceased which have come to the
knowledge of the said administratrix and particularly of all monies, bank
bills and other circulating medium belonging to the said deceased and of
all bonds mortgages and notes and other securities for the payment of money
belonging to the said deceased specifiying the name of each debtor the
sum originally payable and all endorsements thereon with their dates and
the sum which may be collected on each security.

1. Note made by Russell Turner dated
March 15, 1889. And conditional for the payment of the sum of one
Hundred Dollars in one year from date with use.
$100.00

2. Deposited in the Second National Bank
of Oswego, N.Y. $240.00

State of New York }County of Oswego } ssSophie
Turner being duly sworn disposes and says that she is the administrator
of the estate etc of Lewis Turner, late of the Town of Scriba in the County
of Oswego and State of New York that the foregoing inventory is in all
respects Just and true that it contains a true statement of all the personal
property of the said deceased which have come to the knowledge of this
department, and particularly of all money, bank notes and other circulating
medium belonging to the said deceased and of all Just claims of the deceased
against deponent to the best knowledgeof this deponent.

Subscribed and sworn to
Herbefore me this 18th day of
Sophie X TurnerNovember, 1890.
Mark

Henry
A. Jones Justice
of the Peace

Petition
to Probate Estateof
LEWIS TURNER ESTATE, Scriba, N.Y.

Surrogate’s Court, County of Oswego, New York:

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF }
}Lewis Turner...........Deceased}

TO THE SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF OSWEGO,
NEW YORK:

The petition of
Sophia Turner, of the Town of Scriba in the County of Oswego, New
York, respectfully showeth:

That your petitioner
is the widow of Lewis Turner, who died intestate on or about the
24th day of September, 1890, a natural death, being at the time of his
death a resident of the Town of Scriba in the said County of Oswego, New
York.

That the said deceased
left no last Will, to the knowledge or belief of your petitioner.
That he left him surviving, his widow Sophia Turner and also the
following persons his only next of kin, via:

That your petitioner
has to the best of her ability estimated and ascertained the value of the
personal property of which the said deceased died possessed, and of the
probably amount to be recovered by reason of any right of action granted
to an executor or administrator by special provision of law, and that the
same does not exceed in value the sum of about $Two Hundred & forty
Dollars & five cents, ($240.05).

Your petitioner
desires to take out letters of administration on the estate of said deceased
and therefore prays that letters of administration on the estate of said
may be granted to said petitioner Sophia Turner.

Dated this 6th day of November A.D.
188_ .Sophia
X Turner
mark

STATE OF NEW YORK, } OSWEGO COUNTY, } ss.

Sophia
Turner the petitioner named in the foregoing petition being duly sworn,
deposes and says: That he(sic) has heard said petition read and knows
the contents thereof and that the same is true of her own knowledge except
as to matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and
that as to those matter he believes to be true.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this
6th }day of November
A.D., 1890 }